How Work-Family Conflict Influenced the Safety Performance of Subway Employees during the Initial COVID-19 Pandemic: Testing a Chained Mediation Model

Jingyu Zhang, Yao Fu, Zizheng Guo (), Ranran Li and Qiaofeng Guo
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Jingyu Zhang: CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing 100101, China
Yao Fu: School of Transportation and Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
Zizheng Guo: School of Transportation and Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
Ranran Li: Chengdu Rail Transit Group Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610110, China
Qiaofeng Guo: School of Transportation and Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 17, 1-14

Abstract: This study examined the impact of work-family conflict on subway employees’ safety performance during the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. We proposed a chain mediation model in which job burnout and affective commitment play mediating roles in this process. Using questionnaire data from 632 Chinese subway employees during February 2020, structural equation modeling analyses were performed. The analyses showed that work-family conflict had a significant negative impact on subway employee safety performance. Moreover, job burnout completely mediated the influence of work-family conflict on safety performance, while affective commitment only partially mediated the influence of job burnout on safety performance. These findings suggest the important role played by Work-Family balance during the pandemic and contribute to a deeper understanding of the inner mechanisms. We also discussed several practical implications for organizations to reduce the negative impact of work-family conflict on safety performance.

Keywords: safety performance; work-family conflict; job burnout; affective commitment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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